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A 200-year-old Heirloom

Michael Chauvistré, a German film maker, and his family live in this 200-year-old home in Aachen, Germany, near the border with Belgium. In 1984, he used 11 tons of sand to remove a whitewash that some previous tenants had put on the house, returning it to its original red-brick exterior.

Part of the renovations included turning a former stable into a kitchen and dining area. The door leads onto the patio.Mr. Chauvistré with his wife Miriam Pucitta, a filmmaker from Italy, and their children, Giulia, 7, and Angelo, 5.The kitchen stove, left in the image, was bought at a flea market in Belgium, along with a butcher’s block.After the renovations, Mr. Chauvistré used some of the leftover handmade bricks to create a stove on the house’s lower level. The space is rented to an artist who is friends with the family.The stairwell between the ground level and the first floor. The three-level house totals 230 square meters (2,475 square feet).A guest room contains some of the family’s most unusual items, including a bed that Mr. Chauvistré’s mother bought from a local antique dealer and an ornate wood-burning stove that was installed before the house had central heating.